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...interest of the press in anything to do with himself and his family. The suggestion that his parents keep him so short of money that he has to find other means to raise it is also a complete invention. Finally, the police would not have attempted to regain the composition book unless they were quite satisfied that it had been obtained illegally...
While Harvard has been generally un-impressive in its first two games, there are a few bright spots. The third line has proved its worth by scoring three of the Crimson's six goals. If the veteran Baldy Smith-Pete Miller-Gordie Price line coulld regain its old touch, Harvard might be able to deliver a fairly effective attack...
...hair spray, Ajax detergent powder, and half a dozen others th#t now account for 15% of its annual sales of $800 million. Colgate is testing freeze-dry foods with a view to jumping into the food field, is searching to acquire a food company. This week, battling to regain the top of the U.S. toothpaste market that it lost to Procter & Gamble's Crest, it began national marketing of a white-colored, mint-tasting, fluoridated toothpaste called Cue; like Crest, the new paste has won the valuable seal of "recognition" from the American Dental Association...
...character Mr. Humphrey should have referred to is Antaeus, a giant who was held in the air by Hercules and thus slain when he was unable to touch the ground and regain his strength...
...until he wakes up in the morning to see what he got. Clay is like that kid. He'll know what happened when he wakes up." Bookmakers agreed: they installed Liston as a 1-2 favorite to become the second man in history (the other: Floyd Patterson) to regain the heavyweight championship...